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Monday, November 26, 2012

Just when I thought I couldn't adore our laundry room more.... I found this!

The most challenging pendant to photograph in a zero natural light room....

It looks pretty right? I love the over-sized yellow drum shade, but the best part is the inside!

I found the shade last week at one of the new World Markets that opened up here in the twin cities. I actually went seeking out another possible option, but when I saw this, I knew it was "the one".

The cost was $28 on sale! I couldn't have found a plain shade, covered it in yellow fabric and added a decorative floral tin lining inside for $28. Not even close, so, I bought it!

I love the size, that it has an unexpected inside and that the semi-flush mount light that we already had, made it easy to just swap out the shade for this one. No light kit or installation necessary. It was meant to be.

47 comments:

Great shade, in a great color! Bright, fun colors somehow make doing laundry a tad bit better. We have a World Market just 15 minutes away, and I rarely ever go in to shop because I forget about it--I really should check it out more often.

Looks beautiful!!! Just curious... what kind of light is underneath it? I'm wanting to do something with a shade, but just can't figure out how to attach it all. I didn't see any "light" before pictures (in your home tour) so I was just curious! :)

It was just a standard semi-flush mount, so it already had a slight drop down socket, which the shade attached to. I am not sure that this light would work with the standard flush mount lights that are in most rooms, without swapping out the light kit.

what a total steal! At $28, even if you could make it cheaper, it wouldn't be worth the effort! It is so beautiful and simple. It's really the little details like the patterned inside of the shade that put a smile on my face and make a house a home! Great find Jen!

I absolutely adore that there is a world market exactly 2 miles from our new home in Roseville (we moved from downtown minneapolis this past summer) I just hung some fabulous new curtains from there and am drooling over a dining table currently.

I love this shade. We are living in a rental right now with horrible light fixtures, and I have been brainstorming what I could do. We are overseas so no World Market to come to my rescue, but at least now I have an idea. Love your laundry room!

I like your new shade; it works well with the rest of your laundry room, which, by the way is lovely! I agree with the sentiment that a laundry room should be a welcoming place, since we spend so much time there! I echo those who mentioned the rug in front of the washer and dryer- it is so cheerful and I love the colors. I, too, am curious where you picked it up. Colors wouldn't work in my laundry room, but maybe something else...

Thanks so much! I would handle an itty bitty space just as I do a big space. Maximize the storage above the washer and dryer, paint it, maybe even add a light fixture. Make it feel like a room. I have a lot of reader spaces featured here with washers and dryers in the closet. :)

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